Four Calgary Stampede Concerts Cancelled Because Of Flooding

CALGARY - Four blockbuster concerts scheduled for Stampede week in Calgary have been scrubbed because of flooding.

Stampede organizers say damage to the Saddledome arena has forced the cancellation of shows by Carly Rae Jepsen on July 10, Tim McGraw on July 11, the Dixie Chicks on July 12 and KISS on July 13.

Organizers say crews have been working hard to address electrical, water quality and air conditioning issues at the rink, which is home to the NHL's Calgary Flames.

"It became evident yesterday to both the Stampede and the Flames that the services necessary for a proper concert experience for fans and for the artists just weren't available given the current status and limitations of the building," organizers said in a news release posted Tuesday on the Stampede website.

They say all of the concerts need to be indoors and can't be moved to a different venue.

"Given the size of the four shows, and that they are all intended for indoor setups with tailored effects and lighting, there was no feasible alternative to host any one of the shows at another Calgary venue during Stampede."

People are being told to hold onto their tickets — they are still good for free entry to the Stampede and it's hoped the shows can be rescheduled.

The Saddledome was flooded up to Row 8 during the deluge, which ruined everything on the ground floor.

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The inside of the Calgary Saddledome is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the NHL's Calgary Flames hockey club. The Calgary Flames say everything below the eighth row in the Saddledome is ruined by flooding. Team president Ken King says it's a total loss - dressing rooms, players' equipment, seats, boards and scoreboard electronics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Calgary Flames

The inside of the Calgary Saddledome is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the NHL's Calgary Flames hockey club. The Calgary Flames say everything below the eighth row in the Saddledome is ruined by flooding. Team president Ken King says it's a total loss - dressing rooms, players' equipment, seats, boards and scoreboard electronics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Calgary Flames

The inside of the Calgary Saddledome is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the NHL's Calgary Flames hockey club. The Calgary Flames say everything below the eighth row in the Saddledome is ruined by flooding. Team president Ken King says it's a total loss - dressing rooms, players' equipment, seats, boards and scoreboard electronics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Calgary Flames

The inside of the Calgary Saddledome is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the NHL's Calgary Flames hockey club. The Calgary Flames say everything below the eighth row in the Saddledome is ruined by flooding. Team president Ken King says it's a total loss - dressing rooms, players' equipment, seats, boards and scoreboard electronics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Calgary Flames

The inside of the Calgary Saddledome is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the NHL's Calgary Flames hockey club. The Calgary Flames say everything below the eighth row in the Saddledome is ruined by flooding. Team president Ken King says it's a total loss - dressing rooms, players' equipment, seats, boards and scoreboard electronics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Calgary Flames

The inside of the Calgary Saddledome is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the NHL's Calgary Flames hockey club. The Calgary Flames say everything below the eighth row in the Saddledome is ruined by flooding. Team president Ken King says it's a total loss ??? dressing rooms, players' equipment, seats, boards and scoreboard electronics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Calgary Flames

The inside of the Calgary Saddledome is shown in this undated handout photo provided by the NHL's Calgary Flames hockey club. The Calgary Flames say everything below the eighth row in the Saddledome is ruined by flooding. Team president Ken King says it's a total loss - dressing rooms, players' equipment, seats, boards and scoreboard electronics. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Calgary Flames

The flooded Saddledome stadium is seen from a aerial view in Calgary, Alta. Saturday, June 22, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

A flooded Calgary Stampede stadium and Saddledome is seen from a aerial view in Calgary, Ab. Saturday, June 22, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

A flooded Calgary Saddledome is seen from a aerial view in Calgary, Saturday, June 22, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Aerial photos of Canmore and Calgary flooding:

A washed out foot bridge lies on the creek bed in Canmore, Alta. Friday, June 21, 2013.

Flood waters surround the hospital in Canmore, Alta. on Friday, June 21, 2013.

Cars and trucks sit on the road looking east along the Trans-Canada Highway from Canmore, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013.

The Calgary Stampede grounds are immersed in water during heavy flooding in Calgary, Saturday, June 22, 2013.

The Calgary Stampede grounds are immersed in water during heavy flooding in Calgary, Saturday, June 22, 2013.

The Calgary Stampede grounds are immersed in water during heavy flooding in Calgary, Saturday, June 22, 2013.

A flooded downtown Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013.

A flooded downtown Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013.

A flooded downtown Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013.

A flooded Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013.

A flooded downtown Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013.

A flooded downtown Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013.

A flooded Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013.

A flooded Calgary is seen from above, June 22, 2013.

The Calgary Stampede grounds are immersed in water during heavy flooding in Calgary, Saturday, June 22, 2013.

In this aerial photo, the flooded Cougar Creek runs through Canmore, Alberta, on Friday June 21, 2013. Communities throughout southern Alberta are dealing with overflowing rivers that have washed out roads and bridges, inundated homes and turned streets into dirt-brown tributaries. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

A man rides his bike as another picks his up in the flooded streets of Calgary, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013. Alberta's largest city was swamped Friday by floodwaters that submerged much of the lower bowl of the Saddledome hockey arena, displaced tens of thousands of people and forced the evacuation of the downtown core. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

A wall is reserved for messages and missing people at the arena in Blackie, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013 after the Highwood River, overflowed its banks Thursday. The Red Cross is using the arena to house evacuees of the High River flood. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jordan Verlage)

Displaced residents sleep on cots at the arena in Blackie, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013 after the Highwood River, overflowed its banks Thursday. The Red Cross is using the arena to house evacuees of the High River flood. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jordan Verlage)

Water rushes through what is left of Lions Park as the Sheep River flows through Okotoks, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013 after the river overflowed its banks Thursday. The town remains on a flood watch. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jordan Verlage)

A home in the community of Bowness is flooded as up to 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Calgary, Alberta, on Friday, June 21, 2013. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

Resident Cody Chatfield drives his lifted 4x4 through his neighborhood looking at the flooded homes in the community of Bowness as up to 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Calgary, Alberta, on Friday, June 21, 2013. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

Water flows past flooded vehicles in the community of Bowness as up to 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Calgary, Alberta, on Friday, June 21, 2013. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette)

Vehicles are stranded in the flooded streets of Calgary, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013. Alberta's largest city was swamped Friday by floodwaters that submerged much of the lower bowl of the Saddledome hockey arena, displaced tens of thousands of people and forced the evacuation of the downtown core. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

This aerial photo shows the closed Trans-Canada Highway in Canmore, Alberta, on Friday June 21, 2013. Flooding forced the western Canadian city of Calgary to order the evacuation of the entire downtown area on Friday, as the waters reached the 10th row of the citys hockey arena. Communities throughout southern Alberta are dealing with overflowing rivers that have washed out roads and bridges, inundated homes and turned streets into dirt-brown tributaries. About 350,000 people work in downtown Calgary on a typical day. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward)

Residents in the Eagle Terrace neighborhood of Canmore, Alberta, look out over what was the only road into the area on Friday June 21, 2013, after Cougar Creek flooded. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Rocky Mountain Outlook, Craig Douce)

Heavy equipment operators work to keep up with debris, as Cougar Creek pours over the Trans-Canada Highway near Canmore, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Rocky Mountain Outlook, Craig Douce)

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, centre, walks to a waiting helicopter with Alberta Premier Alison Redford, second from right, and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, for an an aerial tour of flooding in Calgary, Alta. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary, Alta., Friday, June 21, 2013.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, centre, with Alberta Premier Alison Redford, left, and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, speak to the media with the Calgary skyline and the flooded Bow river behind them on Friday June 21, 2013. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary.

Houses damaged along the edge of Cougar Creek are shown June 20, 2013 in Canmore, Alta. Widespread flooding caused by torrential rains washed out bridges and roads prompting the evacuation of thousands.

Residents watch the flooding Cougar Creek as it takes out Eagle Terrace Road and nears the top of the Elk Run Blvd Bridge June 20, 2013 in Canmore, Alta. Widespread flooding caused by torrential rains washed out bridges and roads prompting the evacuation of thousands.

Houses damaged along the edge of Cougar Creek.

A lone truck sits submerged in the flood waters near downtown High River, Alta. on Thursday.

Homes along Cougar Creek in Canmore, Alta. barely hang on as the town struggles to deal with flooding Thursday.

A front end loader carries residents after they were rescued from the flood waters in High River, Alberta.

A kayaker paddles down a flooded street in High River, Alberta on Thursday.

Cars are submerged by the flood waters in High River, Alberta on Thursday.

Kevan Yaets swims after his cat Momo to safety as the flood waters sweep him downstream after submerging his truck in High River, Alberta on Thursday.

A woman is rescued from the flood waters in High River, Alta. on Thursday.

Kevan Yaets crawls out the back window of his pick up truck with his cat Momo as the flood waters sweep him downstream after submerging his truck in High River.

A helicopter carrying residents lands on a road in High River, Alta., Thursday.

Roger Poirier, holds his family's cat, Smartie, as his wife Crystal looks on after rescuing it from their flooded house in High River, Alta., Thursday.

Cars and homes are submerged in flood waters in High River.

Rescuers looks for stranded residents in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks.

A shot of the homes along Cougar Creek.

Semi truck sit idle to the Trans-Canada Highway in Canmore, Alta. on Thursday June 20, 2013. Calgary and most of southern Alberta are being hammered by rain that has washed-out roads and bridges, caused mudslides and closed major highways.

A flooded residence in High river, Alta. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in High River, Alta., Thursday, June 20, 2013.

A front end loader carries people to safety from the flood waters in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks.

Kevan Yaets swims after his cat Momo to safety as the flood waters sweep him downstream and submerge the cab in High River, Alberta on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks. Hundreds of people have been evacuated with volunteers and emergency crews helping to aid stranded residents.

A resident is comforted by rescuers as she clutches her dog after being retrieved from the flood waters in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks.

A video of a house shattering against the bridge during the first day of the 2013 flood in Bragg Creek. I offer my sincerest condolences to those who lost th...

A lone truck sits submerged in the flood waters near downtown High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks.

Krystal Lelond of Black Diamond clutches her cat Pipi after being evacuated from her home after the Sheep River overflowed its banks.

An elderly woman is rescued from the flood waters in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks.

Debris and water pours across the Trans-Canada Highway as Canmore struggles with flooding.

A woman wades through the flood waters in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks.

Flooding in Black Diamond

This is the view of the bridge over the Highwood. Normally there is a couple metres clearance below it.

A kayaker paddles down a flooded street in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks.

One of several rock slides blocking #hwy40 in Kananaskis. No access to Kananaskis village.

The Bow river swells over its banks in downtown Calgary, Alta. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, June 20, 2013.

Look at the flooding in #lethbridge !! This street has been shut down

Residents wade through flood waters after an evacuation order following heavy rains caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in High River.

The Calgary Stampede rodeo grounds are flooded due to the heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary, Alta., Friday, June 21, 2013.

Calgarians look out over a flooded Calgary Stampede grounds and Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Friday, June 21, 2013. Officials estimated 75,000 people have been displaced in the western Canadian city. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff

A photograph of the back yard of a resident as rising water flooding homes in the community of Bowness as up to 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Calgary, Alta., on Friday, June 21, 2013.